Our Family - Netflix

Preschool series following the lives of eight young children.

Type: Documentary

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 15 minutes

Premier: 2016-02-22

Our Family - Kingdom of Cochin - Netflix

Kingdom of Cochin (also known as Perumpadappu Swaroopam, Mada-rajyam, or
Kuru Swaroopam; Kocci or Perumpaṭappu) was a late medieval Hindu kingdom
and later princely state on the Malabar Coast, South India. Once
controlling much of the territory between Ponnani and Thottappally, the
Cochin kingdom shrank to its minimal extent as a result of invasions by
the Zamorin of Calicut. When Portuguese armadas arrived in India, Cochin
was in vassalage to Zamorin and was looking for an opportunity to break
away. King Unni Goda Varma Tirumulpadu (Trimumpara Raja) warmly welcomed
Pedro Álvares Cabral on 24 December 1500 and negotiated a treaty of
alliance between Portugal and the Cochin kingdom, directed against the
Zamorin of Calicut. Cochin became a long-time Portuguese protectorate
(1503–1663) providing assistance against native overlords. After the
Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company (1663–1795) followed by the
English East India Company (1795–1858, confirmed on 6 May 1809),
protected the Cochin state. Even today, the full official designation of
the Raja of Cochin is “Perumpadappu Gangadhara Veera Kerala Thrikkovil
Adhikarikal”. The Kingdom of Cochin, originally known as Perumpadappu
Swarupam, was under the rule of the Later Cheras in the Middle Ages. The
Nambudiri (the Brahmin chief) of Perumpadappu (not present-day
Perumpadappu in Ernakulam District, but an area which includes
Chitrakuda in Vannery nadu, of the present day Ponnani taluk) had
married the sister of the last Later Chera king, Rama Varma
Kulashekhara, and as a consequence obtained Mahodayapuram, and
Thiruvanchikulam Temple along with numerous other rights, such as that
of the Mamankam festival. After the fall of the Mahodayapuram Cheras in
the 12th century, along with numerous other provinces Perumpadappu
Swarupam became a free political entity. However, it was only after the
arrival of Portuguese colonizers on the Malabar Coast did the
Perumpadappu Swarupam acquire any political importance. Perumpadappu
rulers had family relationships with the Nambudiri rulers of Edappally.
After the transfer of Kochi and Vypin from Edappally rulers to the
Perumpadappu rulers, the latter came to be known as kings of Kochi. Ma
Huan, the Muslim voyager and translator who accompanied Admiral Zheng He
on three of his seven expeditions to the Western Oceans, describes the
king of Cochin as being a Buddhist.

Our Family - Naming practice of male Thampuran - Netflix

In the Cochin royal family all the male Thampurans were named according
to the following methodology. Eldest son to a mother Goda Varma (no
longer used) Second Son Rama Varma Third Son Kerala Varma Fourth Son
Ravi Varma. From then until now, the last three naming conventions are
followed. But the name Goda varma is followed in the other root family
(moola thavazhi) of Cochin royal family namely Chazhur kovilakam.